“I have never seen this much RSV affecting so many young children with such high oxygen requirements in so many of them.'
For the week ending Oct. 29, data shows RSV activity is increasing and is above expected levels for this time of year with 1,045 detections.
Lang added normally pediatric emergency departments don’t have many patients stay in the ER because there are no beds upstairs, but this year is different. “If they have had COVID, this would be a booster to that and it would protect them for the winter time which is the highest risk,” Dr. Wong said. “I think just because you’ve had it once and it was mild, doesn’t mean that with the second time it will be mild as well, and the risk of long COVID increases with repeated infections.“One of the things I would say to parents is that the risk is not totally gone.
“As long as our most vulnerable get the flu shot, the frail elderly, those with lung disease, very small children — it could make a bit of a dent in the number of patients coming to emergency for respiratory illnesses,” Dr. Lang said.
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